Is Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction a Promising and Feasible Intervention for Patients Suffering from Migraine? A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial

• Published in: Complementary medicine research Vol. 27; no. 1; p. 19
• Main Authors: Simshäuser, Kathrin, Lüking, Marianne, Kaube, Holger, Schultz, Claudia, Schmidt, Stefan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland 2020
• Subjects: Mindfulness-based stress reduction; Pain; Randomized controlled trial; Migraine

We performed a pilot study in order to evaluate the feasibility and to estimate effect sizes of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in a sample of patients suffering from migraine. Migraine patients (n = 62, mean age 44 years, 92% female) were randomly allocated to either MBSR or an active con...